Please join the
three hunger strikers from Bhopal (Rashida bi, Tara bai and Sathyu) and one
thousand Bhopalis sitting on Dharna at Jantar Mantar, on 16th July, at 10.30
am. It will be the 22nd day of dharna and 19th day of hunger strike. Tomorrow
the monsoon session of parliament begins.

Dianne Wilson,
will start a hunger strike at the Dow (previously Carbide) plant in Seadrift,
Texas. Dianne, who runs a shrimp boat in a Texas bay that Dow pollutes, has
traveled to Bhopal to testify against the company. She said today: "We
are all human beings on this one planet. It's outrageous that the lives of
people in India are so devalued."

Gianfranco Bettin,
the pro-mayor of Venice and vice-president of the Italian Green Party, anounced
today, together with other people, that they will do a hungerstrike from the
14th until the 17th of this month, in solidarity with the hunger strikers
of Bhopal, and to attempt to break the silence. More information about this
on the website of Radio Sherwood (Padova) which is a local radio of the 'compagni'.